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Cleanse   [V N Verb 动词 Cleansed People 英

英语单词 cleanse
英美音标 英 [klenz] 美 [klenz]
中文释义 v.使 ... 清洁;净化;使 ... 纯洁
英语例句 (1) The nurse cleansed the wound before stitching it.
(2) Health experts are trying to cleanse the air in cities.
(3) May God cleanse my wickedness.
中文例句 (1) 护士在缝合伤口前先清洁一下伤口。
(2) 卫生专家们正设法净化城市里的空气。
(3) 愿上帝洗净我的邪恶。
柯林斯解释
1
[VERB 动词]清洗;清除;净化 To cleanse a place, person, or organization of something dirty, unpleasant, or evil means to make them free from it.
  [V n of n]
  [V n]
  • Straight after your last cigarette your body will begin to cleanse itself of tobacco toxins...

    一旦停止抽烟,人体立刻就会开始清除体内的烟草毒素。

  • It urged the party to cleanse its own ranks of those found guilty of human rights violations...

    它敦促该党清除那些被判侵犯人权罪的党员。

  • Confession cleanses the soul.

    忏悔净化灵魂。

2
[VERB 动词]清理,清洗(皮肤或伤口) If you cleanse your skin or a wound, you clean it.
  [V n]
  [V-ing]
  • Catherine demonstrated the proper way to cleanse the face.

    凯瑟琳演示了洁面的正确方法。

  • ...cleansing lotions.

    清洗液

3
[VERB 动词]See also:
ethnic cleansing
(军队)清洗,驱逐 If armed forces cleanse an area, they use violent methods to force certain groups of people to leave it and go to live elsewhere. You can also say that people are cleansed from an area.
  [V n]
  [be V-ed from]
  [disapproval]
  • ...a sustained and systematic effort to ethnically cleanse the entire province...

    在全省范围开展的持续性、有计划的种族清洗

  • Many are refugees of three or four or even five other places where they've been cleansed from.

    许多人是从其他3个、4个甚至5个地方驱逐出来的难民。

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